Stephen Page Releases Second Book: A Comprehensive Guide on International Assisted Reproductive Technology
We are delighted that our director Stephen Page has become a published author for the second time this month! Earlier this month, Stephen’s book, International Assisted Reproductive Technology, was published by the American Bar Association.
You can purchase the book here.
This time, Stephen was the author of a chapter in The Feminist Legislation Project: Rewriting laws for gender based justice.
“I was honoured to be asked by Associate Professor Ronli Sifris from Monash University, who had written a draft piece proposing from a feminist perspective that there be laws in Victoria to enable surrogates to be compensated. Prof Sifris asked if I could have a read over and give some comment. Little did I know that that commentary by me would in turn be a chapter in the book for which Prof Sifris was writing that piece,” Stephen Page said.
In this book, leading law academics along with lawyers, activists and others demonstrate what legislation could look like if its concern was to create justice for women.
Each chapter contains a short piece of legislation – proposed in order to address a contemporary legal problem from a feminist perspective. These range across criminal law (sexual offences, Indigenous women’s experiences of criminal law, laws in relation to forced marriage, modern slavery, childcare and sentencing), civil law (aged care and housing rights, regulating the gig economy; surrogacy, gender equity in the construction industry) and constitutional law (human rights legislation, reimagining parliaments where laws are made for the benefit of women). The proposed laws are, moreover, drafted with feedback from a senior parliamentary draftsperson (providing guidance to contributors in a personal capacity), to ensure conformity with legislative rigour, as well as accompanied by an explanation of their reasons and their aims. Although the legislation is Australian-based, the issues raised by each are recognisably global, and are reflected in the legislation of most other nations.
This first feminist legislation project will appeal to scholars of feminist legal studies, gender and the law, gender studies and others studying or working in relevant legal areas.
